Bridgepoint Group (LON:BPT) Trading Down 11.6% – Time to Sell?

Shares of Bridgepoint Group plc (LON:BPT) fell 11.6% during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The company traded as low as GBX 247.20 ($3.15) and last traded at GBX 247.80 ($3.15). 97,968,586 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 1,929% from the average session volume of 4,828,735 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 280.40 ($3.57).

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Citigroup raised Bridgepoint Group to a “buy” rating and set a GBX 410 ($5.22) price objective on the stock in a report on Thursday, March 20th.

Bridgepoint Group Stock Up 2.2 %

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 12.89, a current ratio of 4.98 and a quick ratio of 3.60. The company has a market cap of £2.09 billion, a PE ratio of 46.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 1.72. The company has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 349.90 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 345.50.

Bridgepoint Group (LON:BPT) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March 13th. The company reported GBX 19.50 ($0.25) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Bridgepoint Group had a return on equity of 6.10% and a net margin of 16.74%. As a group, analysts anticipate that Bridgepoint Group plc will post 17.4062165 EPS for the current year.

Bridgepoint Group Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 22nd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 24th will be paid a GBX 4.60 ($0.06) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 24th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.43%. Bridgepoint Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 163.50%.

About Bridgepoint Group

Bridgepoint Group plc is a private equity and private credit firm specializing in middle market, small mid cap, small cap, growth capital, buyouts investments, syndicate debt, infrastructure, direct lending and credit opportunities in private credit investments. It prefers to invest in advanced industrials, automation, agricultural sciences, energy transition enablers, business services, financial services, professional services, testing inspection and certification, information services, consumer, digital brands, video games, wellbeing products, health care, pharma and MedTech outsourced services, pharma products, and MedTech Products sectors.